What New Zealanders (that is to say, ordinary New Zealanders) think about the name Aotearoa
A poll in New Zealand showed that the majority of respondents (52%) preferred to keep the country's name as New Zealand, while only 9.6% wanted it renamed Aotearoa. The results indicate a rejection of efforts by elites to impose Aotearoa.
Virulent bigotry at the highest levels of the media
To read any newspaper, even some of the more reputable ones, is to gasp at the amateurish writing and the frequency of solecisms that would in the past have been intercepted and corrected by sub-editors.
After The Deluge
Hour after hour of torrential rain went by. Streets became rivers. Homes were flooded. Parks became lakes. Cars were abandoned. People drowned. It was not until 10:17pm, however, that Mayor Brown declared a local state of emergency
Dropping GST on food would be crazy
It is not hard to see why the Government might be tempted to find a politically popular policy which would ease the pressure on household budgets.
Avatar: ‘The Way of Water’ – An exercise in endurance for both the bladder and the eyes
James Cameron’s painfully drawn-out Avatar sequel lumbers through a clumsy plotline and fails to leave the viewer with anything to take away but a burning desire to visit the bathroom.
The press gallery hack who tried to have me cancelled
I hadn’t heard of McKay until I learned of this and certainly won’t lose any sleep fretting about his opinion of me.
Te Tiriti framework
Te Tiriti framework for NZ news media commissioned by NZ on Air
The Big predictions for 2023
Pundits have been making their political forecasts for the year ahead. Here are some of their predictions about what we can expect in 2023.